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Mar. 13, 1923. 1,448,093.

J. SMITH ET AL.

CAP. FILED AUG-29.1921.

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Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

JOSEPH SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, AND RAYMOND SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS, BY ME'SNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 ABRAHAM D. FELDSTEIN AND SOLOMON FELDSTEIN, COPARTNERS, DOING BUSINESS AS FELDSTEIN 3308..

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Application filed August 29, 1921. Serial No. 496,223.

To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH SMI'rH and RAYMOND SMITH, citizens of the United be had to the accompanying drawings for a deta led description. In the drawings- Flgure 1 is a view in perspectiveof a cap States, and residents,respectively, of 144 Keatierfibodyin the improvements, the top there- Street, in the borough of Brooklyn, and 92 Perry Street, borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to improvements in caps and particularl caps whose head-bands are adapted to be ad usted to fit heads of different sizes. It has been proposed heretofore to make it unnecessa for dealers to carry in stock large quantities of caps graduated into head bands of different sizes so as to accommodate the customers, but such caps as known have not proved to be a success since they have not satisfied certain essential requirements for comfortable and sightly headgear. It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a cap which will have an adjustable head band but which shall be, when adjusted to any size, as thoroughly comfortable to the head as though originally made to a predetermined size, and which shall also be entirely sightly in that the fabric and band remain entirely free from wrinkles after the adjustment is completed.

In accordance with the invention it is proposed to form what is essentially an unbroken head band,one part thereof telescop ing into the other in order that the continulty may be preserved and a comfortable, sightly, snug fitting band provided under all adjustments. In order that the telescoping referred to may be carried on without special skill by the wearer it is proposed to stiffen the inner sliding part of the band with suitable stay of bone ormetal, etc. Further, the devices for drawing up the band are such as to be entirely concealed from view when the cap is in use and so compact and simple as to prevent wrinkling of the material at any part.

In the drawings there has been illustrated two suitable forms of the invention which will illustrate the improved principles em.- bodied in the invention. Reference is now to ofbeing s own in raised position in the interest of clearness.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a view similar generally to Figure 1 illustrating a different form of adjusting band.

The improvements may be applied to caps of any material, form and size. As shown 1n Figure 1 the crown a is merged into a head band I) to which is secured a visor c. Within the head band may be carried a sweat band d as usual. The material of the cap is cut in such a pattern as to provide, preferably at the opposite temples, a tongue a which may be introduced into pockets a respectively, for a telescopic adjustment. This arrangement of parts makes for an unbroken head band throughout the cap and prevents wrinkling or buckling at the point where the tongues 11 enter their respective pockets a If desired, the tonguesa. may be stifiened to facilitate manipulation thereof as by means of metal or bone stays e illustrated most clearly in Figure 3. If desired, the material of the crown a may be cut to such pattern as to form flaps a extending forwardly and in line with the tongues a which enter the pockets o The invention is not concerned with the provision of such flaps a however, or to their length, although it is not desirable that they should go forward so far as to cause wrinkling when the crown a is fastened to the visor as through the snapper or other fastening device 6'. Such flaps do, however, serve as a neat finish and covering for the tongues a and give a very smart appearance. To the ends of these flaps a are secured draw strings 0. respectively which pass through eyelets a formed through the head band at the front part of the cap so as to lie wholly under the folds thereof when the crown is secured to the visor. The ends of the strings may lie under the sweatband d and be secured together at that place where they normally rest in complete concealment. Since the draw strings a may be of such small diameteras ill compared to the entire bulk of the cap it is evident that when they are passed through the eyelets a in the manner described and then tied at their ends at the near side of the head band, the cloth of the cap will not be disturbed to such a degree as to disarrange it or cause wrinkles or bunching. \Vhen the snapper c is fastened to hold the crown a down onto the visor in the usual manner the adjusting devices described will be wholly concealed.

The modified embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 3 differs from that described only in that the flaps A are carried forward to such length as to overlap one another. These flaps are formed with intcrengaging fasteners such as hooks and eyes A or snaps or the like. Further, they do not, of course, penetrate the material of the cap as do the draw strings a. These flaps A are so narrow, however, as to lie under the folds of the cap when the crown A is secured to the visor (1. so that no wrinkles are formed and the general shape of the cap is preserved.

The method of employing the improved adjusting devices should be clear from the description given. The dealer instead of keeping in stock caps having head bands graduated according to accepted practice need keep only a small stock of the improved caps since the draw strings a or the flaps A afford a convenient adjustment manipulable by the purchaser to draw the head band to the head. When the band feels comfortable the adjusting devices are seemedas by tying or hooking and in the case of the draw strings a the knot is covered by the sweatband (Z. When placed on the head the continuity of the head band makes it impossible to'feel any interruption thereof and the telescopic arrangement thereof prevents bunching-of the material over the temples. Simplicity of construction, cheapness of manufacture, ease of adjustment and' sightliness of appearance are the principal characteristics of the improved cap.

We claim as our invention:

A cap having a head band formed with two sections, the ends of one section being provided with'pockets to receive in sliding telescopic relation the'ends of the other sec-' tion, respectively, draw. strings adapted to have their ends tied together attached to the ends of one section which overlie the slid-- ing ends of the other section, eyelets in the front of the crown of the cap through which the draw strings pass and a sweat band overlying the ends of the draw strings when tied in adjusted relation.

This specification signed this 27 day rot August, A. D. 1921.

JOSEPH SMITH. RAYMOND SMITH. I 

